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Minor Threat

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Out of Step
(1984)

Members
5 Male

Popularity

52

Followers
406,224

Origin
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Washington D.C, USA

Genre
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Hardcore Punk

Style
Punk

Mood
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Born

1980

Active
1980 to 1983

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Most Loved Tracks

Track	Last.FM Listens	Loves
Minor Threat	813,139	5 users
Straight Edge	1,025,537	5 users
Filler	743,932	4 users
I Don't Wanna Hear It	670,443	4 users
Seeing Red	649,109	3 users
Good Guys (Don't Wear White)		1 users
Guilty of Being White	531,701	1 users
Out of Step	417,017	1 users

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Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band, formed in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and disbanded in 1983. The band was relatively short-lived, but had a strong influence on the hardcore punk scene, both stylistically and in establishing a "do it yourself" (DIY) ethic for music distribution and concert promotion. Minor Threat's song "Straight Edge" became the eventual basis of the straight edge movement, while the band often professed their own "straight edge" ideals. Allmusic described Minor Threat's music as "iconic," and noted that their groundbreaking music "has held up better than most of their contemporaries."
Along with the fellow Washington, D.C. hardcore band Bad Brains and California band Black Flag, Minor Threat set the standard for many hardcore punk bands in the 1980s and 1990s. All of Minor Threat's recordings were released on Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson's own label, Dischord Records. The Minor Threat EP and their only full-length studio album Out of Step have received a number of accolades and are cited as landmarks of the hardcore punk genre.